Container for storing gramophone records



2 Sheqts-Sheet l mm sg July 21, 1931. H. .1. CARLISLE CONTAINER FORSTORING GRAMOPHONE RECORDS Filed July 20. 1929 July 21, 1931. H. J.CARLISLE ,3

CCNTAINER FOR STORING GRAMOPHONE RECORDS Filed July 20. 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 2 /v ve/v-roia j/flieer J C W .desoriptionrproceedsr iPetentecl July 21, 51 931 hnHARBx oHn mmsm, or KENYA 'oonoNY, LEASTAFRICA iinvention relsites to containers in w ich, -:2'tozstoreigramophone records and f twhich' are ofrth'e kinddividedjntocompartrments with partitions 'formed by wires 5ism-{etchedibetweengrooved spacingbars 1 or mods fitted-inside itheeonteiners which have I ztlswmeclianismeforextracting orej eetingithe:gr-keys rifor eacherecordrorlzon pushab-a iu-Thei g'pIBSBII t invention;provides a fmnltiistruetionihavingi frame -members, partition -xwi-r-esand-record SelectiIrg-Aand withdrawing :means'; whereof the former{consists of up- ;ri-ghts, side piecjes, wcross-stays {and spacingharserranged rtozsupport, and-vresistt'he'tem Qsio'n of itheppartitionWire's; each oi which has ergo means for individual lightening: by one;operation-iandiis arranged, in spans of; which some are so interlacedas'tormutuallyvsnpport and tighten e aeh other directly whilstindirreQtl'y increasing the 1 tension on the other 325 spans, and,EtherGGO Tdselecting; and withdrawing-means consistsoi a-key-rod mounted:OIljflQ -hallbearing slidable on w shaft held 5111 V ibrackts zbelowfa-ndin Yfr'ont of' the'lowest of thei flfiofesaid spe ing'balf L 3ogT-he: :ineanj's provided for tightening the partition wires and forSe1ecting=anol --W ith- I {drawing any record will be m'ade clear asihereinventionis iiiuseeeiidyttemom- 35, pgtnying drawingswherein:

i V a F'gg'uregljise front elevat on of-a-contanner 'fsi itable i'fiojrailar'ge number of records.

Figure 2 is an end elevator ofrFigiure 1. Figure 3 is; a cross-sectionof espacmg'bar 1 4,0 suitably mountedf-inanrL -shaped bed.

:In 'th dr wings; the haselootird 1 niede' 9f ih fiiw odj ka i ithe;our' up :2 end .slidable 0n guide IQd S 'FtO en' position; from sectionbeing *cut from a" cylinder after the ci-reu m'i'ferentia1 grooves forthe-wires9.- -ha1ve been cut thereonall along the lengthofthe eylinderaccordingtothe number-of reco'rds 130 'be accommodated in the container.apex of each-quadrant bar6-is*then cut away screw-threaded at both ends,which ends-ere consequently the overall length ofthe'container.

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side ,pi eoes 3 of the frameare metal castings or preferably stampingsin order to reduce the overa ll lengthas the stainpings need not I beso-thick as castings. ,two piecesof fiat-metal riveted'together at 15 5and fixed to the longitndinal spacing bars-6 7 intermediatelybetween-the:uprightsa-2.' 1 'e The individual records, comprisingseparate :fin-

The cross-stays 4 are cross-stays serve :to 'keep the ":spacing hers-,6atrthecorrect angles to each: other-and also; to

prevent-them frombendingontheinLvshaped 5'5 beds 7-and tie-rods 8, underthe stressofthe ;partition-wires-9. compartment container of improvedcon- 1 The spacing bars $6 are of i-hardwood a nd gere con veniently o fquadrant shape 1-inrcross- The I to receive the tie-rod Bend therbar isthen ,s eoured-intheibed 7 withserews 10=assh"ownclefarlyjin-Figure 3.

The tie rods 8 Y are of roundiron or steel;

.passed through holes in the uprights-'2 and side pieces 3,-andscrewedwithnuts; The spacinggbar'bedsfl are'of angleironor I steel withholes drilled and ciountersunk for the-screws 10 which hold the barsBilly-file beds -7; The two-lower beds are preferably covered with feltor leather.

To form the partitions Qfor supportin-ga the records which arerepresentedfin Figure 2 by oirolesjll and 12-1501 records of IOinchesand12 inches diameter respectively, fine :pia'no zwires are used, by"preference, in or'der'to withstand the tension when tightening themwithout unduly increasing their diameternnd I The records restwithitheir peripherell f'edges on the two lower spacing bars whicha1'e-.3lt the-front and back of thelcontainer" supported by the wires ateach side of the r the compartments or records.

The heads of the pins 13 are holed. or may be slotted and the sharpedges of the holes or slots are chamfered to prevent them from cuttingthe wires.

' The preferred method of stretching the partition wires 9 is as follows:Each wire 9 forming a partition is fixed at one end on the bottom rearbar 6 then the firstspan is passed diagonally over to the front top barinto groove and through the wrest pin 13 thereon, the second span isloosely taken down to the frontbottom bar around the groove, the thirdspan is then passed diagonally up to and around the groove in the toprear bar, whilst the fourth span is taken down to the bottom to thefixed end on the bottom rear bar. 1

1 By turning the wrest pin'13 with a-key or with a pair of pliers (flatsare provided on rear bar being interlacedon the way with the slack leftinthe second span and the running end is thenf joined by twisting orotherwise the head of each wrest pin for the purpose) the stretched wirereceives the necessary tension and the second and fourth spans 1. e.

those between the top and bottom frontvbars and between the top andbottom rear bars are so interlaced as to 'mutually support and tighteneach other directly whilst indirectly increasing the tension on theremaining diagonal spans. i I

' By this method the wires forming each partition are separate from theother wires and the replacement of a broken wire (if such should occur)is easily effected;

1 The means provided for selecting and with drawing the records consistsof a key-rod 15 with selecting pointer 16 mounted on a ballbearing 17sl'idab-le on a'shaft'18which is parallel with the spacing bars andis-supported at the ends by brackets 19 from the base board 1. Thesebrackets 19 also support a plate 2O which is placed under the frontedges of the records and is numbered to correspondwith the numbers ofthe compartments or records. 1

The key-rod15 is mounted at right'angles to the shaft18 and extendsunder the bottom front spacing bar and numbered plate. 20. The key-rodis bent upwards so that its inner end which isslotted or forked toembrace the edge of a record,'just clears the lower edge of a 10inchrecord as shown clearly in Figure 2; This clearance is maintained byfixing a wood strip 21'of .correct thickness to the baseboard 1 andparallel with the spacing bars.

The front end of the key-rod isfitted with a finger pad 22' and acatching fork 23.

spacing bar. 1

To select and withdraw any record from the container, the key-rod ismoved along the shaft 18 until the pointer 16 is opposite the'number ofthe record required, the pad 22 is depressed causing the inner forkedend to engage the lower edge of the record and push the latter forwardso that it falls with its front edge into the catching fork 23 fromwhich it is lifted'by hand; When returning the record to the containerits top is inserted in the correct compartment (by means of the top rowofznumbers) and then (with the catchingfork pushed to one side) therecord is pushed home by hand,

I claim l. A plural compartment" container for a spacing bars, then overthe otherrear spacing bar, and finally back to the ,first front 2. Aplural compartment container for disk records c'omprising'a pair of endframes, front and rear pairs'ofspacing bars connecting said end frames,wire partitions mounted on said spacing bars, each partition consistingof a strand of wireexte'nding from one of the frontspacing'barsoverthe-other of the front spacing bars, then over one of the rear spacingbars, then across the span of wire extending between thefrontpair ofspacing bars, then over theother rear spacing bar,

and finally-backto the first front spacing bar, and means connected witheachpartition wire for placing same in'tension.

3. A plural compartment container for disk records comprising a pair ofend frames,

front and rear pairs; of spacing bars connecting :said' end -frames, andwireQ-partitions mounted on said spacing bars,'each partition consistingof a strand of wire extending in spans between different of saidspacing' bar's, one ofsaid spansbeinglooped through an other ofsaidspans. a r

4. A'container for disk records comprising a base, a structure mountedon the base forming a plurality of record compartments, a.

rod mounted on 's'aidjbase,'a recordejector slidably and rotatablymountedon said rod,

and a record catching'fork carried by said record ejector.

5. A containerfor disk recordscomprising a base, a structure mounted onthe'base forming a plurality of record compartments, a rod mounted onsaid base forwardly of said-rec- 0rd compartments, and a lever pivotallymountedon said rod, said lever being inclusive-of a record engaging arm'underlying the lower edges of records disposed in said compartments anda forwardly extending finger d'epressible arm adapted to be depressed torotate said lever and thereby cause said first arm to effect ejection ofa record from a compartment, said lever being slidab le along said rodfor use to effect ejection of any selected record from'its c0mpartment.-'In' testimony whereof I-have aifixed my signature hereto this 5th'dayof July 1929 HARRY'JOHN CARLISLE.

